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UMTC Undergraduate Participation Data

At the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities

About 21% of UMTC undergraduate students studied abroad in 2022–23 (Calculated based on the number of students abroad divided by the number of degrees granted that academic year).

The data below include all undergraduate students who participated in a learning abroad program through the Learning Abroad Center or Carlson Global Institute or registered their University-purpose travel through the GPS Alliance.

An infographic of the different participation data sets within the LAC

Top destinations (2023–24)

  1. Spain
  2. France
  3. Italy
  4. United Kingdom
  5. South Korea
  6. Ireland
  7. Denmark
  8. Germany
  9. Thailand
  10. Ecuador

How long do students spend abroad (2023-24)?

53% Short-term
45% Semester
2% Year-long

Who studies abroad (2023–24)?

69% Female
29% Male
2% Other/Not Specified

68% White
11% Asian
8% Two or more races
4% Black/African American
2% Hispanic/Latino
<1% American Indian/Alaska Native
6% No information/Not Specified

Undergraduate Student Participation by UMTC Collegiate Unit*    

Collegiate Unit2023–2024 2022–2023 2021–2022 
Carlson School of Management780772297
College of Biological Sciences9710071
College of Continuing and Professional Studies333023
College of Design818269
College of Education and Human Development14511287
College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences12312592
College of Liberal Arts651640520
College of Science and Engineering19615587
School of Nursing2394
School of Public Health1NANA

*Data shows the numbers of majors and minors in each college who participated in a learning abroad program. The sum of the college numbers is greater than the total number of UMTC students who went abroad that year because a student will be counted more than once if they have a major or minor in more than one college.

Scholarships

1,419 scholarship applications were submitted by students, of which 216 were awarded a scholarship by the LAC (2023–24).

Pre-Health Student Resource Center Data

In January 2024, Pre-Health Student Resource Center looked at the matriculation rates into health profession programs for students who studied abroad compared to those who did not study abroad. Students who study abroad have statistically significant higher rates of acceptance* than those who do not. 
 
(*Rates of acceptance of admission into health professions programs- Osteopathic Medicine (DO), Podiatry, Dentistry, Medicine, Physician Assistant, Speech/Language, Optometry, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Veterinary Medicine)
 

Additional Information

Student Program Enrollment Report
The Twin Cities Learning Abroad Center uses an application and enrollment management tool called Slate for students going abroad (beginning Fall 2021). To request access please complete the Tableau Reports Request form.

Open Doors Report Website
Open Doors tracks the number of U.S. students who studied abroad for credit during the academic year.

BTAA International Learning Mobility Benchmark—2016

UMTC Study Abroad Statistics, pre-12–13

University of Minnesota Criteria for a Learning Abroad Experience (PDF)

Time to Graduation Data

For college or department level data, contact your departmental/collegiate liaison.